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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2002
Syun Kyung Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ashok Rodrigues, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Antoni Glab, Riverview, MI (US);
Dana Joseph Katinas, Novi, MI (US);
Peter James Barrette, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Syun Kyung Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ashok Rodrigues, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Antoni Glab, Riverview, MI (US);
Dana Joseph Katinas, Novi, MI (US);
Peter James Barrette, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearbon, MI (US);
Abstract
A four wheel drive assemblyincluding a torque transfer assemblywhich operates under the control of the controllerand which receives and selectively transfers a certain desired amount of torque to a front axlesand to the rear axlesThe amount of transferred torque varies depending upon the occurrence of a sensed slip condition the use of a pre-emptive slip control mode of operation in which the controllerdetermines that it is likely that a slip may occur. Particularly, controlleris allowed to enter the preemptive mode of operation only after an actual slip has occurred and the controllerexits this preemptive mode of operation upon the occurrence of a certain event or condition or upon the passage of a certain amount of time.